Arizona s 1864 Abortion Law was Made in a Women s Rights Desert counterpunch.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from counterpunch.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dora Juhl, a 15-year-old teenager, walked into Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido’s obstetrical practice in Phoenix in January 1918. Juhl wanted to end her pregnancy. But abortion was illegal in Arizona. Boido, the city’s sole female physician, asked Juhl for $100 – about $2,000 today – to perform the abortion. Juhl said she could pay $27 […] The post Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in women’s rights desert; here’s what life was like then appeared first on New Hampshire Bulletin.
Abortions happened in Arizona, despite a near-complete abortion ban enacted in 1864. But people also faced penalties for them, including a female doctor who went to prison.